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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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1 rankings for Best Infrastructure, Natural Gas Production Leaders, Most FTZ Activity and Installed Wind Power Capacity Leaders. Passage of this constitutional amendment will help Texas secure a sustainable and reliable water supply.”. For the second year in a row, the Lone Star State imposed its dominance across the board.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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However, the competition is heating up as other ports build up their infrastructure and dredge their channels to get ready. This new investment in port infrastructure is an important step forward to help grow our local economy and to secure the Port of Baltimore’s future for years to come,” said Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Black.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association tracks the weekly average municipal interest rate from 2000 to current. ALABAMA - updated for 2014.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. The company’s obligation to repay the loan is secured by a direct-pay Letter of Credit from a bank rated ‘A’ or better.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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It is hopeful that the feasibility study will indicate, as have preliminary analyses, that benefits of the channel project should exceed its $300 million cost. Also high on the priority list is development of adjacent infrastructure—including rail and highway links—to ensure the terminal realizes its full potential.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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national security concern has been reducing our dependence on foreign oil. states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline. So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. times that of the Nos. times that of the Nos.